Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-04-15

would marry ne, caring Tor that other ALL
the time. Did you mark how sho shrunk
and covered away from me, How sho
paiedi and glanced at mo as though psrd-
tlon lay In ths sight of mes"
lie Is glnncing over his mothers shoul.
der toward tho opposite wall. His eyes
are dark and Wild; he il gazing At somo.
thing. That past scene In tho library Is
again before him-is again boiug enxctsd
brought 10 light by his dsorderod fancy.
"Granit, think Of something else, ~ i'm
plorea his mother, In frightened man
ncr. Ills voice. his gestures, terrify her.
From me she Shrunk--to turn TO hin,I
How hor eye Lit hs she raw lin! To him
she cried for protection from mel She
held out her arms to hlml She ciung to
hiin" His breath Is coming In pain full
Eas?s. "Thers was alteration IN tho
glance she directed ut himi Is gain such
glsnce would hsvo dlod Wellr' hs
stretches out his arms and then he clasps
his head, "becsuss Uf SUCK y. glance I
have dicd. She has Rlain mai"
Grant. rEy poor boy, do not talk %
wildly. Forget this girl; think now Of
what IL the best thing for yUi 70 do"
II have thought of that-thu, Is ell ar
ranged"
HIS tcnc is impatient.
"Where nre you Going, darllnsr' she
asks, family.
Nowhere"
LIS manner Is dull and liatless.
"Esuse yourself" entrcats sho, "yeu
lnuse go for awhile. You hay you hare
arranged oil Tell ns, then, whore ysu
arc goinsr'
"A long Journey"
Long Journeys nowadays can be eem-
L'pnrsad IN very little while"
That Ia true. Mine will be tho short
est passage on record" he draws his
breath sharply. "Whnt happened to hor,
when lefts''
"She funted. Mr. Daran"-
Keep his name out Of It, can't youf"
interrupts he, violently. go cal She
tainted. Well, what them"
"Thcy had considerable difficulty In re-
covering her, have bccn told. 1 was rot
there, Bsys Lady Vnlworth, nsrrously.
the whole affair. suppose you fright
eued her"
"Iou fny hurt her"
"fou sent her With some forco against
the wnll. Tou did not mean IT," hantiIy
but when one Is ngitated as you wsre.
one hardly knows what one lB doinE.
"You" anxiously-''must not take shat
80 much TO heart; you did her no real
harm. You must not be uneasy"
Take II to heartt wish had killed
hcr" Tho words come with hiss
through his olfnchsd tsoth; his fass is
white and distorted with passion. "rhat
she should live, and 1.-Two with him, ip the
CALLING thought; that In more than can
bear. How her little white fingers fast
ened on hts nrml Liar thnt she Isl how
sho deceived and ruined NAL Body nnd
soul she has DESTROYED"
"Oh. NOT your sofll, dsrnngI Thors IA
ume-rcpentance."
There ia very hstis time new and am
unrcpcntant"
He throws up hts head and points to
the window. The lamps In the room are
waning. and through tho closely eur-
tained window the Grst streaks Of coming
morn are stealing with a persiatency thnI
Will not be denied. Day IL brsakiag and
with II his mothor's heart Tho cruel
light will tear him from her, will carry
him-whi.hcr,
You have not told mo where ron nre
going" she says, pressing her hand
against her heart TO still its throbbing.
~ can tell no enc that"
what! not your mothert Grant,, do
not fear, will betray you; anything you
say to me now Will bo sacred. Tell me
where Il is you mean to TO-"
al cannot"
"But why-whyr
"For the simple reason that I dont
know myself" There 10 a curious CLEAN
In Ills eyes that dicturbs her aud makes
her forget tho ilppanoy Of his tone. ait
is to strange land | will wond my way
before the day ls very much Older A
stranger In strange lnndl My reception
will be cold one, OF perchance q hot
one"
He laughs wildly. His merriInent Is.
however, shortlived, breaking or almost
as II began, and ending in g dismal
silence.
"You are thinking OF Africa" ,ays his
mother, trembling, t,,e scarcely knows
why. "If you still rcfure to let me know
e2nctiy where You are going, at leust
promise you will write 10 me. Grant,
my dear, dear eon, promise me that"
~ will promise you anything you like,
though | doubt II you would cure TO kesp
up the correspondence" There Is son,o.
thing terrible in his manner, which has
grown frivolous IN a Ehastly way, and Ills
face 10 hrid. 'f,he will live and pres
per-" he says inconscquently NJ 1t seerns
10 IHsdy ValwOrth; 'but she win have 10
remember. will compel her 10 do thRtl
And remember you," laying HIS hand
roughly upon his mothers shoulder, "re-
mcmber well that my last words were that
she WIS responsible Tor eH!'
~ will not believe these ara your Last
words. You will return to me, whom all
thfs has blown over you will return, "
even for month or DO. Promi.s me
thet, too, Grant,"
From where I nm going no man 10
turns"
That is not true. There he no place
on Garth from whieh you oannet come
back TO me, u you only VIII"
"No place On eartar' Hs repests kor
words slowly. my place on esRta VIII
know mo NO more" He neenls 10 wander !
away from the actunl meaning OF her
words TO the mere sound OF them. "I
have no longer any plaso On earth," no
seys dreamily.
"You have place in my heart always"
cries she, with sudden burst Of weeping.
She throws her arms round him, and
elings to him In en- embrace thst is full
of despair "Alas! Ely ono child. my
pretty babyI that IL should come to this
she monns. bitterly.